To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Lawn
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 21:33:27 -0500
The last remnant of my lawn will be gone in the
2nd year of implementation of the permaculture
design for my property in central Oklahoma City.
There's not much left. One patch was overtaken by
sand plums, elderberries, comfrey, apple mint, and
some kind of wild onion that found its way here on
its own.
I also have a patch of self-seeded tomato plants
(there were Amish paste and Principe Borghese
there last year), which is much denser than I
would ever plant them. They are all growing and
are very healthy, though, and in fact seem to be
making their own support as they get bigger. So
I'm leaving them as an experiment to see what will
happen. I had earlier seeded it with some white
Dutch clover, and that's looking great.
The Oklahoma drought has definitely been broken
this year. Soil moisture and lakes and streams
are replenished statewide. All of my perennials
and trees are doing better than ever. On Monday
I'll harvest my first apricots, well, I've been
nibbling them all week but Monday will be the big
harvest and apricot jam making day.
Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma City
----- Original Message ----- >> How many people do
not have any lawn on their parcel of land? (city